BEIJING: A knife-wielding man killed two people, including a woman from the United States, in an attack in China’s capital, state media said on Thursday. The stabbing happened outside a shopping mall in downtown Beijing on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police. Police detained a 27-year-old man surnamed Xiao from eastern China following the attack which was witnessed by hundreds of bystanders. The suspect is unemployed and has claimed he is mentally ill, the report said.
It did not give the names of the dead but said the other victim was a Chinese male.